Collective Iranian Culturebase

* Freeways in Iran *

آزادراه در ایران

The history of Freeways in Iran goes back to 35 years ago. The first freeway in Iran, Freeway 2 was built before the revolution, between Tehran and Karaj. The construction of Tehran-Qom Freeway was started and the studies of many freeways today started before the revolution. Today, Iran has about 1,900 kilometres (1,200 mi) of freeway.